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AIMS & SCOPE. Critical ReviewsTMin Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine provides reviews of well-established diagnostic methods, clinical modalities and techniques, and physical and rehabilitative methodologies for specific etiologies amenable to the treatment of physical medicine.
The journal appears quarterly and includes from one to four articles that summarize and evaluate the current status of an important topic. Topics and authors are chosen by members of our distinguished Editorial Board, all of whom are leading practitioners, researchers, and active contributors to the literature in their area of expertise. The focus of the journal is directed at making critical assessments of subjects that comprise the advancing frontiers of this field.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS. Manuscripts are subject to anonymous peer review and might be returned to the authors for revisions suggested by the Editors and reviewers. A signed Copyright Release form and permission letters are required for the publication of the critical review. Please send 2 copies of the complete manuscript to: Dr. Ernest J. Henley, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004 (tel: 713-743-4326, fax: 713-743-4323). Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. The original drawings and photos should be retained by the author until the conclusion of the review process. The original typed manuscript also should be retained by the author. An electronic file must be provided with the final manuscript, including any revisions. The submitted manuscript and material on disk should match. One file is preferred and should incorporate text, references, figure legends, and tables. MS Word files or WordPerfect files are preferred.
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS. Authors should write in clear, concise English. The responsibility for all aspects of manuscript preparation rests with the authors. Extensive changes for rewriting of the manuscript will not be undertaken by the Editor. Manuscripts must be typewritten or printed double-spaced on one side only of 8½ × 11 or A4 white opaque paper, with 1" margins. Times Roman is the preferred typeface for printouts of manuscripts. All pages should be numbered consecutively, starting with the title page and including pages containing tables and figure legends. References, tables, figure legends, and furnished art should be grouped together at the end of the manuscript to facilitate processing.
Manuscripts should include:
Title, authors, affiliations, and contact information, especially email address, for corresponding author.
Abstract. All manuscripts should have an abstract not to exceed 200 words.
Key Words. All manuscripts should have a list of three to six key (indexing) terms not in the title to assist indexers in cross-indexing the article.
Introduction. The first part of the article should explain the purpose of the review, cite relevant work, and describe objectives.
Body. The body of the article presents details of the review. It should be divided into several sections identified by headings and subheadings according to the following scheme:
I. PRINCIPAL HEADING
A. First Subheading
1. Second Subheading
a. Third Subheading
Conclusions. This section should discuss the significance of the work, its limitations and advantages, applications of the results, and further work that should be done.
Acknowledgments. This section should cite individuals, institutions, grants, etc., that have helped and/or contributed to the study or review.
References. See inset for formatting of references. Authors are responsible for correctly formatting their references; if necessary, the manuscript will be returned to the author for reformatting references, which will delay its publication.
Figures. All figures (line drawings, graphs, and photographs) should be submitted one per page, separately from the text. Keep in mind that labeling must be legible after reduction (standard reduction is about 40% of the original). A list of figure legends, typed double-spaced, should be included on a separate page. For figure legends the word FIGURE should be caps followed by the appropriate number and a period. The author should number figures consecutively in order of appearance in the text, making sure that every figure is cited in the text using "Figure 1, Figure 2," etc. The word Figure(s) is always written out initial cap/lower case in the text.
All figures should be numbered and identified on the back in felt tip pen only.
All illustrative material should be mailed flat and protected by heavy cardboard.
Keep illustrations free of clips and staples. Originals are preferred if possible.
- Line drawings and graphs. Original line drawings and graphs should be submitted in black ink on separate sheets of white opaque paper, although black and white glossy photographic prints are preferred. Photocopies are unacceptable substitutes for original figures. Computer generated line drawings or graphs are acceptable if printed on a laser printer.
- Photographs. The number of photographs should be kept to a minimum and only black and white glossy prints should be submitted. If cropping is necessary, please indicate on a separate photocopy of the print so as not to damage the original.
- Four-color illustrations will be considered for publication; however, the author will be required to bear the full cost involved in their printing and publication. A letter acknowledging the willingness to pay for color prints should be sent to the editor along with the prints. Begell House, Inc. will then send an invoice to the author upon publication of the prints.
Tables. Tables should also be numbered in sequence in the order in which they appear, and all should be referred to in the text. Explanatory material essential to the understanding of the table should be written as footnotes keyed with superscript letters. Keep in mind that a typeset table width must fit within a printed space of 6" (upright) or 9" landscaped (turned sideways) while still allowing space between table columns.
Equations. Displayed equations should be incorporated in the text and should be numbered using Arabic numerals (in parentheses) in sequence. In the text, they should be referred to as Eq. (12). At the beginning of a sentence, the word Equation(s) should be written out. The first time a Greek letter appears, it should be identified in the margin. All symbols should be identified in the text. Symbols that denote mathematical variables or physical quantities that should be printed in italic type should be in italics or underlined. A clear distinction should be made between "I", "l" (el), and "1" (one); "o", "O", and "0" (zero); "w" and "ω" (omega); "v" and "ν" (nu), etc. For numerical values of measurable quantities, show no more digits than are significant. The use of powers of ten is recommended—e.g., 1.23 × 105 instead of 123,000. (Use decimal points, not commas.)
Units and Quantities. Units should be in accordance with the Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI). Symbols for physical quantities should be those recommended by IUPAC, IUPAP, or ASTM.
COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. Authors who want to make use of artwork already published are required by copyright law to ask the owner of the copyright (usually the publisher) for permission to do so. Please be careful to assign proper credit, for example, in the legend of a figure ". . . from (reference); reproduced by permission of . . ." If any verbatim quotation of text is more than a few words, the same procedure should be followed. If authors use material from their own published work, permission must be obtained from the publisher. Additional information and permission forms are attached.
R E F E R E N C E S
REFERENCES to the literature follow the Vancouver Style, which is available in all reference management software. References should be cited in the text by superscripted numerals in numerical order, placed after commas and periods with no space before. In the reference section, list all entries numerically, include the complete title of the article and the names of all authors. Bibliographic references to classified documents and reports or to unpublished material not generally available to the scientific public should not be used. Literature references should be arranged and punctuated as follows (do not use all capitals; do not underline):
Journal articles.
1. Xing Y, Johnson CV, Dobner P, Lawrence JB. Higher level organization of individual gene transcription and RNA splicing: integration of nuclear structure and function. Science 1993; 259:1326−30.
Books.
1. Noda M. Cellular biology of bone. San Diego: Academic Press, 1993.
Articles in books.
1. Yezierski R. Pain following spinal cord injury: pathophysiology and central mechanisms. In: Sandkuhler J, Bromm B, Gebhart GF, editors. Progress in brain research. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2000. p. 429−49.
(Please visit www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html for the latest update.)
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